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3 | 14.29% |
| Its a major part of my life and i use it alot, its very useful |
  
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2 | 9.52% |
| I dont rely on it at all. I use it mostly for leisure or just when i really have to (in work etc) |
  
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#1
12-07-2005, 09:32 PM
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How would You cope without the internet in your life?
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Don't look up on your movie screens In record stores or magazines Close your eyes and you will see That you are all you really need JBJ - I believe "Sambora's face is a mask of joyous disbelief, as if previously unaware of his ability to play the instrument at all. Reaching the last fistful of notes, he does a fair impression of a man who is actually ejaculating into his jet black flares." . . . Ben Mitchell, Q Magazine Last edited by Living_on_my_Hair; 12-07-2005 at 09:38 PM.. 
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12-07-2005, 10:03 PM
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Well, here's one opinion of the "older folk" here. I have become quite dependent upon the internet for many things. Even before there was an "internet" as we know it, I was online as part of my job. Engineers shared things via ftp a long time ago and the University sites were a good source of information. Now, I can research almost any product that I am thinking of specifying on one of my jobs. Previously, I had an office full of product catalogs (usually out of date) and I would have to phone the manufacturer prior to specifying. There was something called "Sweets Catalog" which was a compendium of common products and it cost about $1200.00 per year to update. I haven't used them in years
 Aside from my job, music and books were the first things that I searched for when I first got a modem (in 1995). It's hard to believe it's been 10 years LOL. I have always been a book nut and finding old or out of print books meant writing letters to researchers who had access to databases that I didn't. I used to drag my family into used books store in any city that we visited on vacation in hopes that I would find something on my ever present "list". I bet that they are glad that I can find anything I want online at bookfinder.com now As for music, I have always had access to good local music here in Jersey. Being so close to New York City we were exposed to a lot that other parts of the country didn't get get for quite awhile (or ever). I have mentioned many times that it was my son that turned me on to Bon Jovi way back when. Either I heard stuff on the radio or I heard stuff that my kids played (or my friends played). Then I had to hope that I could find a copy of something for sale in my local record store. This has completely changed for me. Now I get most of my information from the internet, faster and much more accurate that the rumor mill used to be. If I want something old or out of print there are sites that cater to that specialty. And bootlegs - my god - you used to have to belong to mailing lists to get anything. Every once in a while you would find a live record for sale that was not official but not often. Now with bit torrent sites I can have all the old Springsteen or Bon Jovi shows I want. I'm not talking about downloading official stuff here - I mean live concerts. But, in my opinion. the biggest advantage of the internet is the "world at your fingertips" I can order stuff from Amazon.uk that would not have been sold in this country. I can talk to people from everywhere (such as on this board) and learn a lot about how other people in the world view things. I am no longer dependent on the American press for my news. I could go on, but you get the picture. I know that there are people my age that have never turned on a computer, and never will, but my life has been made much richer and much easier by the internet. I guess I'd have to say that I am addicted though by no means do I spend all my time online. Kathleen
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You write your truth and I'll write mine. Last edited by Kathleen; 12-07-2005 at 10:05 PM..
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12-07-2005, 10:03 PM
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I used to be really addicted. Now it's something i like and use a lot, and would find it hard to live without. Leisure but also work. And contact with family/friends.
I use internet since only 4 or 5 years and i used to say i didn't want internet at home. I said it was a danger for kids too. I didn't see what was interesting in it. I thought if you need to find something particular you can use your encyclopedia or go to the library, and for family and friends there is the phone ! etc etc etc ... Now i work sometimes in computing and help friends and friends of friends of friends with their problems about pc's. lol and i've got two pc's at home, one i optimised and one i create myself  In fact i discovered something i really like, it sometimes take too much of my time as i help users on a forum too. But i like all about it.
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12-07-2005, 10:06 PM
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Oh i forgot to tell : first day our internet was installed at home i said to my husband no thanks i'm not interested, and he typed "bon jovi fansite" on google and found drycounty (the old one) .... so i joined and i'm still here
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12-07-2005, 10:28 PM
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